Some inspiration...love these shapesand the shades the birds are making

I'm still thinking about my favorites for Irene's weekend readWhat my favorite house would be for example...

:: big windows:: high ceiling

and my favorite mid-century designer would have to be Charles and Ray Eamesbut i'm more grateful to the Bauhaus movement because it brought light intoour homes,white walls, clear lines and no more dark and dusty velvet curtains...But they needed something to soften all that and that's were the textile designerscame in,like this wall hanging by Anni Albers

These are some pictures from another book by Nina Jan Beier and Marie Jan Lundcalled How these things live 2004Nina and marie produce art work together under the name of JanfamilyTheir work is about how you relate to people and objects.

.... another book on my very vague wish list....waiting for the swap package....and still messing about with fabric dye that doesn't produce black butmore grey-ish and blue colors .... ?

From all this years graduates , Andrea to me is the one who managed to tell her own story after reading all the stories from the past.If you look at the other graduates you can see that the school puts much emphasis on knowing the history of costumes/clothing

we went to the opening of the new library here in AmsterdamHere's a very long video they made of the official opening on Saturday.

This is a great view from the ground floor , behind this were the escalators which made you feel like you were in a luxurious department store....where unfortunately you have to bring the goods back

When I was 6 years old I was strongly against that idea... I didn't want to bring back books that I loved..... after a while I saw the benefits..... it's not practical to want to own everything you like. I hope this new library will grow on me the way my childhood library did